The field book : or, Sports and pastimes of the United kingdom ; compiled from the best authorities, ancient and modern
A compendium of British field sports and country amusements compiled by the Irish novelist W. H. Maxwell and published in London by Effingham Wilson in 1833 for sporting gentlemen. Small wood engravings show game birds and waterfowl standing in reeds and rough grass, drawn with fine hatched feather pattern and loose, sketchy backgrounds useful as vignettes, tailpieces or spot illustrations.
